Manol Manolov

Manol Manolov

Personal information
Date of birth	August 4, 1925
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Date of death	December 16, 2008(2008-12-16) (aged 83)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1942–1944	Ustrem Sofia
1944–1948	Septemvri Sofia
1948–1962	CSKA Sofia	239	(8)
–	Total	239	(8 )
National team
1950-1961	Bulgaria	57	(1)
Teams managed
1962-1963	Cherno More Varna
1965-1966	Beroe
1969-1974	CSKA Sofia
1979-1980	Apollon Athens
1980	Slavia
1981	Ethnikos Piraeus
1982-1983	Panserraikos
1984-1985	CSKA Sofia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze	1956 Melbourne	Team Competition

Manol Manolov (Bulgarian: Манол Манолов) (born August 4, 1925, in Sofia, Bulgaria; died December 16, 2008) was a football defender and manager. For the Bulgaria national football team Manolov featured in 57 games and won a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Between 1948 and 1962 he played in 239 matches and scored 8 goals for CSKA Sofia. He was honoured as Bulgarian Footballer of the Year in 1958. Manolov won the top Bulgarian league, the A PFG, a record twelve times (all with CSKA), as well as the Bulgarian Cup, four times (all with CSKA).

He coached Beroe, CSKA Sofia, Ethnikos Piraeus^[1], Apollon Athens^[2], Slavia and Panserraikos.^[3]

Honours

Player

• CSKA Sofia
  • Bulgarian League: 12 times - 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962
  • Bulgarian Cup: 5 times - 1951, 1954, 1955, 1960,1961

Coach

• CSKA Sofia
  • Bulgarian League: 3 times - 1971, 1972, 1973
  • Bulgarian Cup: 3 times - 1972, 1973, 1985

References

1. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk81.html
2. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk80.html
3. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk83.html

External links

• Bulgarian record-holder Manolov dies, UEFA.com

Awards and achievements
Preceded by {{{before}}}	Bulgarian Footballer of the Year 1958	Succeeded by {{{after}}}

Persondata
Name	Manolov, Manol
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	August 4, 1925
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Date of death	December 16, 2008
Place of death